Kite

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Screen recorder for stunning product demo videos

Summer 2023Founded 20232 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA

About

Kite is a screen recorder that makes your demo videos look like Apple commercials in minutes. Simply record your app (works for iPhone recordings too!). Kite will track your cursor and keyboard inputs, so it can automatically zoom in on the action with professional 3D animations. Kite is as easy as Canva, but your videos will look like they came out of OpenAI or Figma. - One-click cinematic 3D animations - Display recordings on 3D mockup devices (MacBooks, iPhones etc) - Combine unlimited recordings into one video - Edit, adjust speed and trim recordings - Add text scenes and text annotations alongside recordings - AI voiceovers using state of the art text to speech models - Free music library - Brand kit–upload your logos, colors and fonts - Start from our template library or start from scratch Kite is used by hundreds of YC companies for launch videos, social media posts, landing page demos, changelog updates, feature releases and more.

Founders · 2

Derek FeehrerFounder

Co-founder and CEO at Kite (YC S23)

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Todd AshleyFounder

Co-founder & CTO @ Kite

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Launch

Launched on Y Combinator · Aug 2023

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Kite helps software companies create stunning marketing videos in minutes.

Kite enables software companies to create marketing videos from screen recordings by turning them into polished videos with automatic camera movements, animated text, and a music track. The alpha Mac app aims to simplify video production for demos and feature launches, targeting teams needing ongoing marketing videos without hiring external creators.

From the original launch (Aug 2023) — may be outdated.

Formerly “MockRocket”

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